Underplayed Gems

Loss of Sensation (1935)

Loss of Sensation poster
Original title
Гибель сенсации
Directed by
Aleksandr Andriyevsky
Genre
science fiction film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A scientist creates a workforce of robots that start to rebel against their human creators. The story explores the conflict between humans and intelligent machines.

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What happens

Loss of Sensation, alternatively titled Robot of Jim Ripple (Russian: «Гибель сенсации» («Робот Джима Рипль»)) is a 1935 Soviet science fiction sound film directed by Alexandr Andriyevsky. Although the film uses the abbreviation "R.U.R" for the robots, it is not based directly on the 1920 stageplay by Karel Čapek. The film is based on the 1929 Ukrainian novel Iron Riot (also known as Robots are coming) by Volodimir Vladko. As of 2013, the film is in public domain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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